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╓╔. ╥┼├╧╬├╔╠┼ ┴├├╧╒╬╘ ╙ELECTING THIS MODE ENABLES YOU TO RECONCILE OR BALANCE YOUR ACCOUNT AGAINST THE STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE BANK. ╘HE PROCEDURE ESSENTIALLY IS SIMILAR TO THAT USED TO MANUALLY RECONCILE A STATEMENT AND REGULAR CHECKBOOK EXCEPT THAT ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ SEARCHES OUT THE UNCLEARED TRANSACTIONS, DOES THE ARITHMETIC AND DISPLAYS THE RESULTS. ╔F THE ACCOUNT BALANCES THE TRANSACTIONS THAT YOU HAVE CLEARED WILL BE PERMANENTLY MARKED AS SUCH ON THE FILE DISK. ╨RIOR TO ACTUALLY RECONCILING THE ACCOUNT VERIFY THAT ANY BANK DEBITS OR CREDITS SHOWN ON YOUR STATEMENT HAVE BEEN ENTERED. ═ANY RECONCILE ERRORS OCCUR BECAUSE OF A MISSING ENTRY. ╫HEN YOU ARE READY PROCEED AS FOLLOWS: 1. ╙ELECT ╥┼├╧╬├╔╠┼ ┴├├╧╒╬╘ FROM THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒. 2. ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL PROMPT YOU FOR THE BANK STATEMENT BALANCE (╬╧╘ THE CHECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE). ╘HIS CAN BE ANY AMOUNT FROM .00 TO 99999.99 (NEGATIVE AMOUNTS MAY NOT BE ENTERED). ─OLLARS AND CENTS ENTRY RULES APPLY. 3. ╒PON ENTERING THE BALANCE ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL ASK YOU TO VERIFY THAT YOUR ENTRY IS CORRECT. ╔F YOU ANSWER (╬)O YOU WILL RETURN TO THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒. 4. ┴NSWERING (┘)ES WILL CAUSE ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ TO SCAN FOR THE FIRST UNCLEARED TRANSACTION AND DISPLAY IT. ╔F NO UNCLEARED TRANSACTIONS ARE FOUND NO DISPLAY WILL OCCUR. 5. ┴T THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, BELOW A BLUE LINE, ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL PROMPT YOU WITH ╥┼╘╒╥╬┼─ (┘/╬). ╔F THE DISPLAYED TRANSACTION HAS BEEN CLEARED THROUGH THE BANK (LISTED ON THE STATEMENT) ENTER (┘)ES. 6. ╔F THE TRANSACTION HAS ╬╧╘ CLEARED SIMPLY DEFAULT, WHICH WILL ENTER (╬)O. ╫HEN THE ╥┼╘╒╥╬┼─ (┘/╬) PROMPT HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL RETRIEVE THE NEXT UNCLEARED TRANSACTION. ╫HEN ALL UNCLEARED TRANSACTIONS HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED AND CHECKED OFF, ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL PERFORM THE NECESSARY CALCULATIONS AND DISPLAY THE RESULTS. ╔F, AFTER ADDING THE UNCLEARED CREDITS AND SUBTRACTING THE UNCLEARED DEBITS FROM THE STATEMENT BALANCE, THE RESULT (THE "CALCULATED" BALANCE) AGREES WITH YOUR CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL DISPLAY ┴├├╧╒╬╘ ┬┴╠┴╬├┼╙. ╘HE TOTAL OF ALL UNCLEARED CREDITS AND THE TOTAL OF ALL UNCLEARED DEBITS WILL BE DISPLAYED ALONG WITH YOUR CURRENT BALANCE. ─URING THIS DISPLAY PERIOD SOME DISK HOUSEKEEPING WILL BE PERFORMED IF ANY TRANSACTIONS WERE CLEARED. ╔F NONE WERE CLEARED NO DISK ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR AND THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒ WILL RETURN AFTER A SHORT DELAY. ╔F THE CALCULATED BALANCE DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE, ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL DISPLAY ┴├├╧╒╬╘ ─╧┼╙╬'╘ ┬┴╠┴╬├┼ AND SOUND THE BUZZER. ╘HE CALCULATED BALANCE, CURRENT BALANCE AND THE RESULTING ERROR WILL BE DISPLAYED. ╘HE ERROR WILL BE NEGATIVE IF THE CALCULATED BALANCE IS LOWER THAN THE CURRENT BALANCE. ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL PROMPT YOU WITH ╥┼├╧╬├╔╠┼ ┴╟┴╔╬ (┘/╬). ─EFAULTING ENTERS (┘)ES AND TAKES YOU BACK TO THE START OF THE RECONCILE MODE. ┴NY TRANSACTIONS THAT WERE CHECKED OFF AS CLEARED REMAIN CLEARED. ╔F YOU DECIDE NOT TO RECONCILE AGAIN AND TRANSACTIONS WERE CHECKED OFF AS CLEARED THE MARKER FILE ON THE FILE DISK WILL BE LOADED IN AGAIN TO RESTORE ALL DATA BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CONDITION. ╘HE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒ WILL THEN RETURN. ╞AILURE TO BALANCE IS USUALLY CAUSED BY NOT MAKING TIMELY ENTRIES TO THE ACCOUNT OR ENTERING INCORRECT AMOUNTS. ╔T IS SUGGESTED THAT ENTRIES BE PROMPTLY MADE. ╘HE ACCOUNT SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY RECONCILED UPON RECEIPT OF THE BANK STATEMENT. ┴LTHOUGH IT IS VERY UNUSUAL, BANKS OCCASIONALLY DO MAKE CLERICAL ERRORS AND ONLY BY RECONCILING CAN YOU LOCATE AND CORRECT THEM. ╓╔╔. ─╔╙╨╠┴┘ ╘╥┴╬╙┴├╘╔╧╬╙ ╙ELECTING THIS MODE OF OPERATION PERMITS YOU TO RETRIEVE AND DISPLAY YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT RECORDS. ─UE TO THE VARIETY OF SEARCH MODES AND DISPLAY FEATURES, SELECTIONS ARE MADE SEQUENTIALLY FROM SEVERAL MENUS. ╒PON ENTERING THE DISPLAY MODE ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL SCREEN THE ╙┼┴╥├╚ & ─╔╙╨╠┴┘ ═┼╬╒. ╘HIS MENU OFFERS THE FOLLOWING SEARCH OPTIONS: ┴. ┴╒╘╧╘┼╠╠┼╥ ╫╔╘╚─╥┴╫┴╠╙ ┬. ╨┴┘┼┼ ├. ╙┼╥╓╔├┼ ─┼┬╔╘╙ ─. ╘╥┴╬╙┴├╘╔╧╬ ┴═╧╒╬╘╙ ┼. ├╚┼├╦ ╬╒═┬┼╥ ╞. ╒╬├╠┼┴╥┼─ ╘╥┴╬╙┴├╘╔╧╬╙ ╟. ─┼╨╧╙╔╘╙ ╚. ╘╥┴╬╙╞┼╥╙ ╔. ═┼═╧╙ ╩. ┴╠╠ ╘╥┴╬╙┴├╘╔╧╬╙ ═AKING A SELECTION WILL CAUSE ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL PROMPT YOU WITH ╙├╥┼┼╬ ╧╥ ╨╥╔╬╘┼╥ (╙/╨). ─EFAULTING SELECTS A SCREEN DISPLAY. ╔F A PRINTOUT IS SELECTED A SECOND MENU WILL OFFER ╨╥╔╬╘┼╥ ─╔╙╨╠┴┘ ╧╨╘╔╧╬╙. ┴ NORMAL PRINTOUT INCLUDES ALL ENTERED INFORMATION IN A TRANSACTION INCLUDING THE AMOUNT AND THE RESULTING BALANCE FIELDS. ╔F YOU DO NOT WISH TO PRINT EITHER OF THESE FIELDS SELECT THE APPROPRIATE SUPPRESSION OPTION. ─EFAULTING RESULTS IN A NORMAL (FULL) DISPLAY. ┴FTER SELECTION OF THE DISPLAY MODE ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL PERMIT YOU, IN MOST CASES, TO LIMIT YOUR SEARCH TO A SPECIFIED DATE RANGE. ╘HE ─┴╘┼ ╧╨╘╔╧╬╙ MENU PERMITS LIMITING THE SEARCH TO A SPECIFIED YEAR, MONTH-YEAR RANGE OR AN EXACT DATE. ╔F THIS ENTRY IS DEFAULTED THE SEARCH WILL NOT BE DATE-LIMITED AND ANY TRANSACTION CONTAINING THE REQUESTED INFORMATION WILL BE DISPLAYED. ╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU SELECT A DATE OPTION AND THEN DEFAULT THE REQUESTED DATE ENTRY YOU WILL RETURN TO THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒. ╒NCLEARED TRANSACTIONS ARE NEVER SEARCHED BY DATE. ╫HEN ENTERING A DATE OPTION THE REQUIRED FORMAT DEPENDS ON THE PARTICULAR OPTION SELECTED. ┴N EXACT DATE MUST BE ENTERED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ANY OTHER DATE ENTRY IN THE PROGRAM. ╔F A YEAR IS SELECTED ENTER ANY TWO DIGIT VALUE. ═ONTH-YEAR REQUIRES THAT THE MONTH BE SEPARATED FROM THE YEAR BY A HYPHEN (-). ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL REJECT ANY INCORRECT FORMAT AND WILL SOUND THE BUZZER TO ALERT YOU. ╔F YOU SELECT ═╧╬╘╚-┘┼┴╥ AS A DATE SEARCH MODE, ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL REQUEST A ╙╘┴╥╘╔╬╟ ═╧╬╘╚-┘┼┴╥. ╔F YOU DEFAULT THE STARTING MONTH-YEAR THE SEARCH OPERATION WILL BE ABORTED AND ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL RETURN TO THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒. ╒PON ENTERING THE STARTING MONTH-YEAR YOU WILL THEN BE PROMPTED FOR AN ┼╬─╔╬╟ ═╧╬╘╚-┘┼┴╥. ╔F YOU DEFAULT THIS ENTRY THE SEARCH WILL BE LIMITED TO THE STARTING MONTH-YEAR ONLY. ╔F YOUR INTENT IS TO SEARCH THROUGH A RANGE OF DATES ENTER THE LAST MONTH-YEAR THAT YOU WISH ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ TO SEARCH FOR. ╞OR EXAMPLE, ENTERING 3-82 FOR A STARTING MONTH-YEAR AND 5-84 FOR AN ENDING MONTH-YEAR WILL RESULT IN THE SEARCH BEING RESTRICTED TO TRANSACTIONS FILED FROM ═ARCH 1982 TO ═AY 1984 INCLUSIVE. ╫HEN ENTERING THE MONTH-YEAR DATES THE ENTRIES MUST BE LOGICAL. ╞OR EXAMPLE, ENTERING 3-82 FOR A STARTING MONTH-YEAR AND 2-82 FOR AN ENDING MONTH-YEAR WOULD BE FLAGGED AS AN ERROR, AS WOULD 10-85 FOLLOWED BY 10-84. ╞OLLOWING THE DATE OPTION THE PROGRAM ACTION WILL DEPEND ON THE ORIGINAL SEARCH OPTION SELECTED. ╔F YOU SELECTED AUTOTELLER WITHDRAWALS, SERVICE DEBITS, DEPOSITS, ALL TRANSACTIONS OR UNCLEARED TRANSACTIONS, SEARCHING WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY. ╔F ANY OTHER OPTION WAS SELECTED ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: ╨┴┘┼┼: ┼NTER THE DESIRED PAYEE'S NAME. ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ HAS THE ABILITY TO ╨┴╘╘┼╥╬ ═┴╘├╚ THE NAME WITH THE FILED DATA. ╞OR EXAMPLE, IF THE LETTER ╙ IS ENTERED AS A PAYEE ANY NAME STARTING WITH ╙ WILL BE DISPLAYED. ╔F ╙┴ IS ENTERED ONLY THOSE PAYEES WITH ╙┴ AS THE FIRST TWO LETTERS OF THEIR NAMES WILL BE DISPLAYED. ╔F YOU ENTER ╙┴═ THE PAYEE'S NAME MUST BEGIN WITH ╙┴═ TO BE DISPLAYED. ├ARE MUST BE EXERCISED IN USING THIS FEATURE TO AVOID A CONFUSING DISPLAY. ╔T IS SUGGESTED THAT ENOUGH OF THE PAYEE'S NAME BE ENTERED TO AVOID PICKING UP UNWANTED DATA. ╬╧╘┼: ╔F DESIRED, YOU MAY USE A PAYEE INDENTIFIER TO ENTER THE PAYEE. ╘HE PROCEDURE IS THE SAME AS USED FOR ENTERING A PAYEE INTO A TRANSACTION. ╘HE ASSOCIATED MEMO IS NOT USED HOWEVER. ╒PON ENTRY OF THE DESIRED PAYEE ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL PROMPT YOU FOR A ═┼═╧ (DEFAULTABLE). ╔F YOU DEFAULT THIS OPTION ALL RECORDS WILL BE SEARCHED WITHOUT REGARD TO THE MEMO. ╔F A MEMO OPTION IS ENTERED ONLY THOSE RECORDS MATCHING BOTH THE PAYEE AND THE MEMO WILL BE DISPLAYED. ┴S WITH THE PAYEE, THE MEMO MAY BE PATTERN MATCHED. ╘╥┴╬╙┴├╘╔╧╬ ┴═╧╒╬╘╙: ┼NTER THE EXACT AMOUNT BEING SEARCHED. ─OLLARS AND CENTS ENTRY RULES APPLY. ╧NLY THOSE TRANSACTIONS FILED WITH THE SPECIFIED AMOUNT WILL BE DISPLAYED. ├╚┼├╦ ╬╒═┬┼╥: ┼NTER THE CONSECUTIVE ═╔├╥ NUMBER OF THE DESIRED CHECK. ┴FTER THE CHECK NUMBER HAS BEEN ENTERED ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL ASK ├╧═╨╒╘┼╥ ├╚┼├╦ (┘/╬). ╔F THE NUMBER BEING SEARCHED HAS AN '╪' APPENDED, IT IS A COMPUTER-GENERATED CHECK. ╘HIS SEARCH MODE DOES NOT RETRIEVE VOIDED CHECKS. ╘╥┴╬╙╞┼╥╙: ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL ASK IF THE TRANSFER WAS ╔╬ ╧╥ ╧╒╘ (╔/╧). ┼NTER ACCORDINGLY TO START THE SEARCH. ═┼═╧╙: ┼NTER THE MEMO TO BE SEARCHED FOR. ╨ATTERN MATCHING IS PERMITTED. ╒SE THIS SEARCH MODE FOR VOIDED CHECKS BY ENTERING THE ═╔├╥ NUMBER IN RESPONSE TO THE ═┼═╧ PROMPT. ┴S EACH TRANSACTION CONTAINING THE DESIRED DATA IS LOCATED THE DATA WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN OR PRINTER ACCORDING TO THE DISPLAY OPTION SELECTED. ╙CREEN DISPLAYS ARE IN COLUMNAR FORMAT WITH THE TRANSACTION DATE, CHECK NUMBER (IF APPLICABLE), PAYEE NAME OR TRANSACTION TYPE, MEMO (OR AUTOTELLER LOCATION, CHECK NUMBER OR ACCOUNT NUMBER DEPENDING ON THE TRANSACTION TYPE), TRANSACTION AMOUNT AND THE RESULTING BALANCE DISPLAYED ON ONE LINE. ┴ MAXIMUM OF 15 LINES WILL BE DISPLAYED PER SCREEN. ╫HEN 15 LINES HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL PROMPT YOU TO ├╧╬╘╔╬╒┼ ╙┼┴╥├╚ (┘/╬), EXCEPT WHEN THE LAST TRANSACTION ON FILE HAS BEEN RETRIEVED. ┴BORTING THE SEARCH WILL RETURN YOU TO THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒. ╨RINTOUTS WILL BE HEADERED WITH THE PROGRAM TITLE, RUN DATE, PAGE NUMBER (IF MORE THAN ONE PAGE) AND THE ACCOUNT NUMBER. ┴S WITH SCREEN DISPLAYS, DATA WILL BE IN COLUMNAR FORMAT. ╒P TO 50 LINES ARE PRINTED ON EACH PAGE. ╨RINTOUTS OF A PARTICULAR TRANSACTION TYPE (SUCH AS DEPOSITS) WILL BE TOTALIZED AND THE RESULT WILL BE PRINTED AT THE END OF THE RUN. ╘HE END OF A RUN IS SIGNIFIED BY THE PAPER BEING FORM-FED TO THE START OF THE NEXT PAGE AND THE SOUNDING OF THE BEEPER. ╘HE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒ WILL THEN RETURN. ─URING A PRINTOUT, YOU MAY PRESS AND HOLD THE <╞1> KEY TO HALT THE PRINTER. ╫HEN IT STOPS ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WILL PROMPT YOU TO CONTINUE OR ABORT. ╔F YOU ABORT THE PAPER WILL BE FORM-FED TO THE NEXT PAGE, THE CURRENT TRANSACTION TOTAL (IF APPLICABLE) WILL BE PRINTED AND YOU WILL RETURN TO THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒. ╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU HAVE A PRINTER BUFFER AND YOU HALT THE SEARCH WITH <╞1>, THE PRINTER MAY CONTINUE TO PRINT FOR A SHORT TIME UNTIL THE BUFFER EMPTIES. ├ONSIDERABLE DISK ACTIVITY IS REQUIRED FOR MANY OF THE SEARCHES. ╘HE MORE RESTRICTED THE SEARCH IS (E.G. BY DATE OR MEMO) THE LONGER IT WILL TAKE TO LOCATE THE DESIRED DATA. ┴LL SEARCHES START WITH THE EARLIEST TRANSACTION ON FILE. ┴ FULL FILE SEARCH (2000 RECORDS ENTERED) MAY REQUIRE UP TO FOUR MINUTES ON THE 1571 TO EXAMINE ALL RECORDS IF THREE FIELDS ARE BEING SEARCHED (SUCH AS DATE, PAYEE AND MEMO). ╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU ARE USING AN OLDER 1541 DISK DRIVE YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE DRIVE MAY OVERHEAT UNDER SUCH PROLONGED OPERATION. ╙OME TYPE OF COOLING PROVISIONS, SUCH AS SMALL FAN BLOWING AIR OVER THE REAR OF THE DRIVE, SHOULD BE MADE IF EXTENSIVE SEARCHING IS TO BE UNDERTAKEN. ╓╔╔╔. ─╔╙╨╠┴┘ ├╒╥╥┼╬╘ ┬┴╠┴╬├┼ ╙ELECTING THIS OPERATION WILL DISPLAY THE CURRENT BALANCE DIRECTLY ON THE ═┴╔╬ ═┴╔╬ SCREEN. ┴FTER A DELAY OF APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS THE MENU PROMPT WILL RETURN AND THE BEEPER WILL SOUND. ╘HIS DISPLAY DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY DISK ACTIVITY AS THE BALANCE IS ALWAYS IN MEMORY WHEN ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ IS IN USE. ╔╪. ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╘┼ ╨╥╧╟╥┴═ ╙ELECTING THIS MODE WILL TERMINATE ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ AND PROMPT YOU TO REMOVE THE FILE DISK FROM THE DRIVE. ┴LTHOUGH ALL DATA WILL BE ERASED FROM MEMORY THE PROGRAM WILL NOT BE DISTURBED AND MAY BE STARTED AGAIN BY TYPING ╥╒╬ AND PRESSING <╥┼╘╒╥╬>. ╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU WISH TO EXCHANGE FILE DISKS AND WORK WITH A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT YOU MUST END ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟, INSERT THE NEW FILE DISK INTO THE DRIVE AND ╥╒╬ THE PROGRAM AGAIN. ┬E SURE TO ENTER THE CORRECT ACCOUNT NUMBER AND ╔─ CODE FOR THE NEW DISK TO AVOID HAVING THE PROGRAM ABORT. ╪. ─╔╙╦ ╞╔╠┼╙ ╘HE DATA ENTERED WHEN USING ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ IS STORED IN TWO DISK FILES (A THIRD FILE IS USED FOR THE PAYEE MEMOS). ╘HE LARGER OF THE TWO IS A RELATIVE FILE OF 2000 RECORDS CONTAINING THE INFORMATION ENTERED FOR EACH TRANSACTION. ╘HE OTHER IS THE TRANSACTION MARKER SEQUENTIAL FILE WHOSE FUNCTION, AMONG OTHERS, IS TO ALLOCATE THE RECORDS AND MARK THOSE USED AS CLEARED OR UNCLEARED TRANSACTIONS. ╧VER A PERIOD OF TIME A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WILL BE AMASSED, INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLACE. ╞OR THIS REASON IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT A ┬┴├╦╒╨ ╞╔╠┼ ─╔╙╦ BE MADE AND KEPT AS UP TO DATE AS POSSIBLE. ┴LTHOUGH DISK STORAGE IS QUITE RELIABLE THERE IS ALWAYS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT HARDWARE FAILURE OR A POWER INTERRUPTION MAY HARM A DISK FILE. ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ SUPPORTS EXTENSIVE DISK ERROR TRAPPING TO PROTECT YOUR FILES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ╚OWEVER, PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR FROM TIME TO TIME. ┴CCORDINGLY, ANY DISK ERROR THAT OCCURS WHILE WRITING DATA TO A FILE IS CONSIDERED A ╞┴╘┴╠ ─╔╙╦ ┼╥╥╧╥. ╘HE EXACT EFFECT UPON THE DISK FILES DEPENDS ON WHEN THE ERROR OCCURS AND WHAT CAUSES IT. ┴NY DISK ERROR WILL BE SIGNALLED BY THE BUZZER. ╘HE ERROR MESSAGE FROM THE DRIVE WILL BE DISPLAYED, ALL OPEN FILES WILL BE CLOSED AND ANY DISK ACTIVITY WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUED. ─URING THE USE OF ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ ANY DATA WRITTEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER A TRANSACTION ENTRY IS SENT TO A RECORD IN THE RELATIVE FILE. ╔F AN ERROR OCCURS DURING THIS WRITE PROCESS THE ENTRY PROCEDURE WILL BE ABORTED AND THE PROGRAM WILL RETURN TO THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒. ╘HE BALANCE WILL BE RESTORED BACK TO WHERE IT WAS WHEN ENTRIES WERE FIRST STARTED, AS WILL THE NEXT AVAILABLE RECORD NUMBER. ┴LTHOUGH THE RECORD BEING WRITTEN TO WILL BE INCOMPLETE THE TRANSACTION MARKER INDEX WILL NOT BE AFFECTED AND AS FAR AS THE FILE DISK IS CONCERNED, NONE OF THE ENTRIES MADE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE ERROR EXIST. ╘HE CAUSE OF THE DISK ERROR MUST BE DETERMINED AND CORRECTED BEFORE ANY FURTHER ATTEMPT IS MADE TO CONTINUE ENTRIES. ╫RITING OF THE MARKER FILE IS DONE WHEN LEAVING THE ENTRY PROCESS OR AFTER SUCCESSFULLY RECONCILING THE ACCOUNT. ╔F AN ERROR OCCURS AT THIS TIME THE MARKER FILE WILL PROBABLY BE LOST, RENDERING THE DISK COMPLETELY UNUSABLE. ╔F THIS HAPPENS NO FURTHER ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO USE THE SYSTEM UNTIL THE CAUSE OF THE ERROR HAS BEEN CORRECTED. ╘HE WORKING FILE DISK SHOULD THEN BE RECONSTRUCTED BY MAKING A COPY OF THE BACKUP DISK. ╬EVER RUN ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ WITH THE BACKUP FILE DISK AS A FATAL ERROR MAY DESTROY IT ALSO. ┼RRORS THAT OCCUR WHILE PREPARING A NEW FILE DISK WILL CAUSE THE PROGRAM TO ABORT. ╠ISTED BELOW ARE SOME TYPICAL DISK ERROR MESSAGES THAT MAY BE GENERATED AND POSSIBLE CAUSES: ╥┼┴─ ┼╥╥╧╥: ╘YPICALLY THIS IS CAUSED BY A FAULTY DISK, IMPROPERLY GROUNDED DRIVE (─╧ ╬╧╘ REMOVE THE GROUNDING PIN FROM THE LINE CORD), BAD DISK FORMAT OR AN INTERNAL DRIVE PROBLEM. ╫╥╔╘┼ ╨╥╧╘┼├╘ ╧╬: ╘HIS IS USUALLY CAUSED BY HAVING A PIECE OF TAPE OVER THE WRITE-PROTECT NOTCH ON THE DISK. ╘HE DISK THAT YOU INTEND TO USE AS A FILE DISK MUST NOT BE WRITE-PROTECTED. ╫╥╔╘┼ ┼╥╥╧╥: ╒SUALLY CAUSED BY A BAD FORMAT ON THE DISK. ╔T MAY ALSO INDICATE A DRIVE PROBLEM. ─╥╔╓┼ ╬╧╘ ╥┼┴─┘: ╒SUALLY CAUSED BY FAILURE TO CLOSE THE DRIVE DOOR AFTER INSERTING THE DISK, USING A DISK IN A FORMAT NOT RECOGNIZABLE TO THE DRIVE OR NOT INSERTING ANY DISK AT ALL. ╧THER PROBLEMS OF A SIMILAR NATURE MAY BE CAUSED BY POWER LINE SURGING, ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE FROM NEARBY APPLIANCES OR AN OVERHEATED DRIVE. ┴S PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THIS LAST PROBLEM CAN BE CORRECTED BY BLOWING AIR ACROSS THE REAR OF THE DRIVE WITH A SMALL FAN. ╔NTERFERENCE FROM APPLIANCES CAN BE PREVENTED WITH A POWER LINE FILTER. ┴PPLIANCES SUCH AS FOOD MIXERS, VACUUM CLEANERS OR POWER TOOLS SHOULD NOT BE OPERATED ON THE SAME CIRCUIT AS THE COMPUTER. ╙UCH DEVICES HAVE MOTORS THAT GENERATE CONSIDERABLE ELECTRICAL NOISE OF THE TYPE THAT MAY CAUSE COMPUTER PROBLEMS. ╪╔. ├╚┼├╦ ╨╥╔╬╘╔╬╟ ┴S PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ HAS THE ABILITY TO PRINT CHECKS, AS WELL AS ENTER THEM INTO THE RECORDS. ╘HE RECOMMENDED BLANK CHECK STOCK FOR THIS PURPOSE IS ┴╥╘╔╬┴ ╬O. 73-801 (BLUE BACKGROUND) OR ┴╥╘╔╬┴ ╬O. 73-808 (GREEN BACKGROUND). ┴╥╘╔╬┴ CHECKS ARE A HIGH-QUALITY BUSINESS TYPE PRINTED ON SAFETY PAPER. ╘HEY MAY BE OBTAINED THROUGH MANY OFFICE SUPPLY COMPANIES. ┴ BANK "SPEC SHEET" WILL BE REQUIRED SO THE CHECK PRINTER CAN PROPERLY POSITION THE VARIOUS NUMERIC FIELDS ON THE CHECKS. ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO WORK WITH THESE CHECK TYPES. ├ONSULT THE AUTHOR IF SOME OTHER CHECK TYPE IS TO BE UTILIZED AS PROGRAM REVISIONS MAY BE REQUIRED. ┴╥╘╔╬┴ CHECKS COME AS CONTINUOUS TRACTOR-FEED STYLE WITH A BLANK STUB SEPARATING ADJACENT CHECKS. ╫HEN INSERTING THE CHECKS INTO THE PRINTER YOU SHOULD ALIGN THE TOP OF THE BLUE OR GREEN FIELD WITH THE TOP OF THE PRINTER RIBBON GUIDE. ╔F NECESSARY, USE THE ALIGNMENT OPTION BEFORE YOU START PRINTING CHECKS TO VERIFY THE POSITIONING. ╙OME EXPERIMENTATION MAY BE NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT STARTING POINT. ╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU ACCIDENTALLY SPOIL A CHECK AFTER IT IS PRINTED, ENTER IT AS A ╓╧╔─┼─ ├╚┼├╦, WHICH WILL RESTORE THE BALANCE TO ITS PREVIOUS AMOUNT. ╫HEN A CHECK IS PRINTED ALL ENTERED INFORMATION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY PLACED IN THE PROPER LOCATIONS. ╘HE MEMO (IF ANY) WILL BE PRINTED IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE PAYEE'S NAME. ┴T THE CONCLUSION OF CHECK PRINTING THE PRINTER WILL FORMFEED TO THE START OF THE NEXT CHECK. ╪╔╔. ╨╥╔╬╘┼╥ ╥╧╒╘╔╬┼╙ ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ VERSION 6.0 WILL WORK WITH ALL ├OMMODORE PRINTERS AND SHOULD WORK CORRECTLY WITH OTHER BRANDS USING AN INTERFACE THAT EMULATES THE ├┬═ 1525. ┴T THE BEGINNING OF ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟ YOUR PRINTER TYPE WILL BE REQUESTED (├┬═ OR ├ENTRONICS). ─URING PRINTOUTS THE MONITOR SCREEN WILL BE COMPLETELY BLANK. ╔F A DISK ERROR OCCURS DURING A SEARCH, PRINTING WILL BE HALTED AND THE ERROR WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN. ╓ERIFY THAT THE PRINTER IS POWERED UP, HAS SUFFICIENT PAPER (OR CHECKS) AND IS ON-LINE AT ALL TIMES WHILE USING ├╚┼├╦╔╬╟. ╪╔╔╔. ╬╒═┼╥╔├ ╦┼┘╨┴─ ╘HE ├-128 NUMERIC KEYPAD MAY BE USED FOR ALL ENTRIES THAT REQUIRE A NUMERIC INPUT (SUCH AS MENU SELECTIONS, DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND DATES). ╬OTE THAT THE <┼╬╘┼╥> KEY ON THE KEYPAD FUNCTIONS EXACTLY AS THE <╥┼╘╒╥╬> KEY DOES ON THE MAIN KEYBOARD. ═ARCH 1986